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fastesident obama is approaching his sixth year of presidency. bush, ando president a fierce critic in regards of --in afghanistan. >> you're going to be sorry. >> let me take it back. yourwould like to ask you, decision to invade iraq, millions of americans and iraqis , aramaic reason given publicly has ruined -- turned out not to be true. why did you really want to go to war? from the moment you stepped into house,h -- the white what was your real reason? it did not have living to do with oil, or anything else? with respect to your question, i do not want war. to assume that i wanted war, is flat wrong, helen, in all due respect. hold on a second. excuse me. no president wants war. everything you may have heard is that, but it is simply not true. defense of about the this country changed on september the 11th. vowede got attacked, i then and there to use every asset at my disposal to protect the market people -- the american people. started with a little bit of levity, went very serious, and then stern and angry. >> she had been talking to him
fastesident obama is approaching his sixth year of presidency. bush, ando president a fierce critic in regards of --in afghanistan. >> you're going to be sorry. >> let me take it back. yourwould like to ask you, decision to invade iraq, millions of americans and iraqis , aramaic reason given publicly has ruined -- turned out not to be true. why did you really want to go to war? from the moment you stepped into house,h -- the white what was your real reason? it did not have living to...
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so here was obama having giving. this policy of but giving as long, money to the people who had been part of the problem. criticism was probably a political necessity on his part. t was -- an effort to kind of drain off some of the anger. and i will say again, somebody this.one through i am sure in my own mind, we here.two periods it's pre and post the aig bonuses. this from chris. chris got unfairly blamed because he tried to stop the was told he se he couldn't do it retroactively. all of the anger really i think unleashed. political demonization appened, i go to neil, when t.a.r.p. was conceived, you was there for ey how long? the question is they gave it quickly., very that was not part of the plan. >> our entire goal was to economy from collapsing. we wanted to put as much capital in the financial system and have there. so we designed it to be there years. the rules were changed because of political reasons, the fear the pitch forks came out and they paid it back quickly. there was like the patient the medicine b
so here was obama having giving. this policy of but giving as long, money to the people who had been part of the problem. criticism was probably a political necessity on his part. t was -- an effort to kind of drain off some of the anger. and i will say again, somebody this.one through i am sure in my own mind, we here.two periods it's pre and post the aig bonuses. this from chris. chris got unfairly blamed because he tried to stop the was told he se he couldn't do it retroactively. all of the...
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again, i get back to obama care. can you imagine any website out there in the -- we all have their problems. but if you had to undertake this. can you imagine apple rolling out the next product and have this happen? do you think the ceo would be there very long? this is what happens when government says we know better. doesn't mean there didn't need to be reforms, there did. but to take on everything, i think, is a case for why big government in washington does not work and the future can be brighter and better in a different model. >> we look forward to have you back. thank you very much. >> delighted to do it. thank you all. >> next on c-span, a look at the future with john kerry flowed by a panel discussion of former secretary of state, hillary clinton, and former first lady, laura bush. and later a panel with usaid administrator and the african ambassador to the united nations. on the next washington journal, we'll disz national security threats and jay johnson, the nominee for homeland security secretary. our gu
again, i get back to obama care. can you imagine any website out there in the -- we all have their problems. but if you had to undertake this. can you imagine apple rolling out the next product and have this happen? do you think the ceo would be there very long? this is what happens when government says we know better. doesn't mean there didn't need to be reforms, there did. but to take on everything, i think, is a case for why big government in washington does not work and the future can be...
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he knows obama care inside and out. i'm check him -- we just really got some good people that are out and running. look at martin mcsally back running against barber. retooled in terms of the campaign and how to approach the race this time against mattison. look at evan jenkins, the democrat state senator for a long time. it's now out raising nick rahal in generation there is in west virginia. we have interesting dynamic folks that are up and running. >> congressman? i knew in one district the republican candidates will have trouble because there is no immigration bill. and the democratic candidate would be in a lot of trouble because of the obama care. that could be -- what is your take on that particular race especially given the fact that it pretty much is a moderate district. and where republicans outnumber in terms of party registration. i think when voters are more motivated when something is taken away from them. i think voters are rightfully upset, maybe even angry at times, about the president's health care law
he knows obama care inside and out. i'm check him -- we just really got some good people that are out and running. look at martin mcsally back running against barber. retooled in terms of the campaign and how to approach the race this time against mattison. look at evan jenkins, the democrat state senator for a long time. it's now out raising nick rahal in generation there is in west virginia. we have interesting dynamic folks that are up and running. >> congressman? i knew in one...
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bush, we needed barack obama. [applause] no president -- no president since fdr, no president since fdr inherited a worse economy, bigger job losses, as many wars, or as large a deficit as president obama. but thanks to his leadership and to each of you, america is now moving forward again. let's look at the alternative that we see on the other side of the aisle, the current crop of tea party republicans funded by economic royalists who have a very small view of america. we have seen this story before. who are call it supply-side economics -- hoover called it supply-side economics. reagan called it trickle-down. george w. bush called it focusing on my base. [laughter] we call it selling america short. [applause] i don't know about you, i have had enough of tea party republicans like ted cruz. [applause] these guys are too much, twisting the words of our founders to justify their own, mean-spirited, shortsighted, pro-shutdown ideology. does nottor cruz understand is that the patriots who founded new hampshire, who
bush, we needed barack obama. [applause] no president -- no president since fdr, no president since fdr inherited a worse economy, bigger job losses, as many wars, or as large a deficit as president obama. but thanks to his leadership and to each of you, america is now moving forward again. let's look at the alternative that we see on the other side of the aisle, the current crop of tea party republicans funded by economic royalists who have a very small view of america. we have seen this story...
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they will see their premiums go up and all of those things are going to be major problems for obama care. that was best reflected by this 15, 16 thed 14, democrats complain about the white house. they cannot get much sympathy from the white house. the white house is so sold on obamacare being the answer to everything, they are not willing to admit there is anything wrong. you do not find admittance of something and here's the president giving a speech last week where he took responsibility for it but not much admittance other than the computer is not working. there's a lot wrong with that. >> what happens if the website is not working, what do you and other lawmakers do next? >> well done a lot. harry reid it never brings any of it up. for instance, the president by his own rolling at north of the law and it takes an oath to uphold the law -- a ruling against the law and he takes an oath to uphold the law. the house passed a bill to legalize what he did and they do not bring it up in the united states senate. we are going to have -- when it piles up and piles up all the time, eventually,
they will see their premiums go up and all of those things are going to be major problems for obama care. that was best reflected by this 15, 16 thed 14, democrats complain about the white house. they cannot get much sympathy from the white house. the white house is so sold on obamacare being the answer to everything, they are not willing to admit there is anything wrong. you do not find admittance of something and here's the president giving a speech last week where he took responsibility for...
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barack obama now terry mcauliffe used it very effectively. if you look at the demographics of who elected terry mcauliffe, look at the cohort for unmarried women. i think he won that by 40%. it's ridiculous. clearly, those ads targeting ken cucinelli saying he is opposed to abortion even in cases of rape and incest, these issues when they are run over and over hit home. chris christie was not a victim of this. i just wrote a piece where i think he needs to be very careful. he gets in the face of teachers and says to do your job. imagine him doing that in davenport, iowa to a teacher and imagine that teacher big coming and that could be the start of a war on women. if chris christie has -- uses his confrontational style which is fun now, you can see very easily how they could take some teacher and make them into a cause celebre and chris christie could be a bully and not in a good way. host: these are the exit polls out of virginia. look at the female vote -- terry mcauliffe got 51% of the female vote. ken cucinelli got 42% from the exit polls
barack obama now terry mcauliffe used it very effectively. if you look at the demographics of who elected terry mcauliffe, look at the cohort for unmarried women. i think he won that by 40%. it's ridiculous. clearly, those ads targeting ken cucinelli saying he is opposed to abortion even in cases of rape and incest, these issues when they are run over and over hit home. chris christie was not a victim of this. i just wrote a piece where i think he needs to be very careful. he gets in the face...
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everybody knows barack obama is a good speaker. i don't know if he's going to wow us with his rhetoric anymore. there would be realities he has to face. and i think that republicans are poised to win a lot of seats in the midterms. i don't know if it will be enough to take back the senate, it might be. but it has nothing to do with rhetoric, not currently, it has to do with action in obama care. it's entirely possible that i was talking to an industry insider on friday who told me nobody in the industry believed that the obama care exchanges will be fixed by november 30. which was the fall-back promise. not if you like your insurance, you keep it. you'll have vulnerable red state democrats, mary landrieu, mark pryor, who, if november 30 comes and goes and the obama care website isn't fixed, they will begin having to assess their political survival. they'll turn on the ship and turn on it or go down. it's likely they'll have that 2014. if that happens, nothing succeeds like success. winning covers a multitude of sins. talk about spo
everybody knows barack obama is a good speaker. i don't know if he's going to wow us with his rhetoric anymore. there would be realities he has to face. and i think that republicans are poised to win a lot of seats in the midterms. i don't know if it will be enough to take back the senate, it might be. but it has nothing to do with rhetoric, not currently, it has to do with action in obama care. it's entirely possible that i was talking to an industry insider on friday who told me nobody in the...
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are there instances in which federal -- president obama has exceeded his authority? >> i don't feel i am in a thation to comment on beyond the circumstances in which i gave advice about the particular questions that were presented to me. >> let me help you with that. setting aside your time at a , when george w. bush exceeded legal power, i spoke out loudly against that -- have you publicly criticized president obama in your capacity as an academic forever acceding executive power? have not written about executive power since returning to academia if i recall. can i just answer the thrust of the question? there was a lot of criticism the priorinst administration by academics. the particular criticism that i anded was one in particular it concerned the authority of the president as commander-in- chief to act in the conduct of war unrestricted by statute. that was the subject of a constitutional analysis. that idemic writing devoted myself to figuring out what the answer to the question once. -- was. i try to be tailored though i felt strongly about the issue. ask one
are there instances in which federal -- president obama has exceeded his authority? >> i don't feel i am in a thation to comment on beyond the circumstances in which i gave advice about the particular questions that were presented to me. >> let me help you with that. setting aside your time at a , when george w. bush exceeded legal power, i spoke out loudly against that -- have you publicly criticized president obama in your capacity as an academic forever acceding executive power?...
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it is obama ii. it is another partisan political maneuver to permit the democratic majority to do whatever it wants to do. in this case might go to advance the president's regulatory agenda. the only care for it that i know is an election. >> [inaudible] how will republicans respond? >> i do not think this is a time to be talking about reprisals. i think it is a time to be sad about what has been done to the united states senate. the greatest deliberative body in the world, the only legislative body i am aware of where a majority does not get to do anything it wants to at any point without confrontation with the minority. so i am not interested in discussing a possible reprisal. i do not think it is good for the senate. there is a lot of nervousness on the democratic side. they are in a panic about obamacare. the majority leader is desperately trying to change the subject. we want to get back on the subject. for most americans look for what they are thinking about right now is they are losing their h
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he said that president obama should honor his commitment. does the president agree with the comment? >> i think as you saw the president say in an interview with nbc last week, the answer's yes. the president has tasked his team with looking at range of options to make sure that nobody is put in a position where their plans have been canceled and they can't afford a better plan even though they would like one. you heard the president address this very issue in his interview last week. and i think it's important to note that president clinton in that interview also said, and i quote, the big lesson is that we are better off with this law than without it. and he said, quote, the enrollment period did not come off well because the national website wasn't ready. but this happened once before. it happened when president bush put in the medicare drug program for seniors, which was not as complicated but had the same problem with the rollout. it was a disaster. there were people that lost their prescriptions for their existing medicine and they fix
he said that president obama should honor his commitment. does the president agree with the comment? >> i think as you saw the president say in an interview with nbc last week, the answer's yes. the president has tasked his team with looking at range of options to make sure that nobody is put in a position where their plans have been canceled and they can't afford a better plan even though they would like one. you heard the president address this very issue in his interview last week. and...
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obama said, ok. what people should look at is the extent to which this was affected by the fact that some the most important decisions taken by the government was taken during a transition. when i asked the obama people, the response was i got back, we only have one president at a time. i was a little frustrated. i thought it was overstated the number president we had at the time. [laughter] here is the deal. i wish with done a mortgage. the people thought it was popular is wrong. those are strong conservative argument. i pay my mortgage, why are you taking money. there were some people who bought a house. and it went up and property. and they took out a home equity loan and bought a boat. in the end, that was not much more could've make it more popular. >> fundamentally, there's a belief of fairness. you take a risk and you bear the consequences. we had to violate that in order to save the economy. when you violate the core beliefs and it leads to great anger. whether congress today would be to act,
obama said, ok. what people should look at is the extent to which this was affected by the fact that some the most important decisions taken by the government was taken during a transition. when i asked the obama people, the response was i got back, we only have one president at a time. i was a little frustrated. i thought it was overstated the number president we had at the time. [laughter] here is the deal. i wish with done a mortgage. the people thought it was popular is wrong. those are...
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go. .e always saw clearly [applause] ♪ ♪ >> heather, members of the family and president clinton and obama and all my former colleagues and friends of tom, my good foreign -- fortune to visit a few days before tom died. i'm so grateful heather for making that visit possible. we thought it was going to be just a visit of a couple of minutes and it ended up we were speaking for an hour about the days gone by. not unlike so many others we had a relationship of over 40 years. we both were able to say our peace in an atmosphere of mutual respect, open mindedness and most of all trust. as i said in an article in the post the other day whrks tom became speaker, he suggested that we get together once a week and talk over the affairs of the house, one week in my office and the next in his. something that had never been done before. while we disagreed over policy and jousted with each politically, the meetings were highly productive because underlying them was the faith and trust we had in each other. we could talk about anything knowing that our discussions would remain private unless we decided ot
go. .e always saw clearly [applause] ♪ ♪ >> heather, members of the family and president clinton and obama and all my former colleagues and friends of tom, my good foreign -- fortune to visit a few days before tom died. i'm so grateful heather for making that visit possible. we thought it was going to be just a visit of a couple of minutes and it ended up we were speaking for an hour about the days gone by. not unlike so many others we had a relationship of over 40 years. we both were...
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it is obama ii. it is another partisan political maneuver to permit the democratic majority to do whatever it wants to do. in this case might go to advance the president's regulatory agenda. -- it goes to advance the president's regulatory agenda. the only cure for it that i know is an election. >> [inaudible] how will republicans respond? >> i do not think this is a time to be talking about reprisals. i think it is a time to be sad about what has been done to the united states senate. the greatest deliberative body in the world, the only legislative body i am aware of where a majority does not get to do anything it wants to at any point without confrontation with the minority. so i am not interested in discussing a possible reprisal. i do not think it is good for the senate. there is a lot of nervousness on the democratic side. they are in a panic about obamacare. the majority leader is desperately trying to change the subject. we want to get back on the subject. for most americans, what they are th
it is obama ii. it is another partisan political maneuver to permit the democratic majority to do whatever it wants to do. in this case might go to advance the president's regulatory agenda. -- it goes to advance the president's regulatory agenda. the only cure for it that i know is an election. >> [inaudible] how will republicans respond? >> i do not think this is a time to be talking about reprisals. i think it is a time to be sad about what has been done to the united states...
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set to meet with president obama. president obama is set to go over to arlington cemetery across the potomac river for a wreathlaying ceremony and remarks at the tomb of the unknown soldier. that will happen at 11:00 a.m. this morning. you can see that on c-span today. last call in the segment goes to rick from new baltimore, michigan, on our line for democrats. good morning. caller: i just want to thank all the veterans today alive -- alive today and deceased, fighting for the freedom. in countries in the middle east and elsewhere -- you name it. dictatorships that are ruthless and everything else. you know what i mean? my dad went to normandy and he came back in the war changed drastically. in and out of the hospital for a good part of my life while living with my folks. to when i was 16, i wanted quit school and join the marines and fight with the others but my dad wouldn't hear of it. so, i just wanted to thank all of the veterans. remember the deceased. they got to be doing good right now wherever they are at. i
set to meet with president obama. president obama is set to go over to arlington cemetery across the potomac river for a wreathlaying ceremony and remarks at the tomb of the unknown soldier. that will happen at 11:00 a.m. this morning. you can see that on c-span today. last call in the segment goes to rick from new baltimore, michigan, on our line for democrats. good morning. caller: i just want to thank all the veterans today alive -- alive today and deceased, fighting for the freedom. in...
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bush and barack obama. ok also now to go back to you in washington i came across a number of one of these i want to do this program because in the media there's comparisons because of the poll numbers between zero barack obama and george bush and it's been said here barack obama's you keep your health care is compared to bush's iraq. weapons of mass destruction in iraq would you find them equivalent. not necessarily because i think that bush george every bush is someone who is probably more led astray by the neoconservatives in his cabinet he doesn't strike me as the type of sort of evil plotter that a lot of people assume him to be remember donald rumsfeld dick cheney those people have been in the government for years before judge george bush ever was the governor of texas so i would like to say that if you're looking at the present the two presidents and their statements one about health care the other about iraq george w. bush it was probably based on false intelligence and barack obama he's either an id
bush and barack obama. ok also now to go back to you in washington i came across a number of one of these i want to do this program because in the media there's comparisons because of the poll numbers between zero barack obama and george bush and it's been said here barack obama's you keep your health care is compared to bush's iraq. weapons of mass destruction in iraq would you find them equivalent. not necessarily because i think that bush george every bush is someone who is probably more led...
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bush, we needed barack obama. [applause] -- no president since fdr, no president since fdr inherited it worse economy, bigger job losses, as many wars or as large a deficit as president obama did. but thanks to his leadership and thanks to each of you, america is now moving forward again. let's look at the alternatives we see on the other side of the aisle. the current crop of tea party republicans founded by wealthy economic royalists who all have a very small view of america. we have seen this story before. hoover called supply-side economics. reagan called a trickle-down economics. george w. bush halted focusing on my base. [laughter] we call it selling america short. [applause] i don't know about you, but i have had enough of tea party republicans like ted cruz, haven't you? [applause] these guys are too much, twisting the words
bush, we needed barack obama. [applause] -- no president since fdr, no president since fdr inherited it worse economy, bigger job losses, as many wars or as large a deficit as president obama did. but thanks to his leadership and thanks to each of you, america is now moving forward again. let's look at the alternatives we see on the other side of the aisle. the current crop of tea party republicans founded by wealthy economic royalists who all have a very small view of america. we have seen...
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president obama said if we like our insurance, we would be able to keep it. that was obviously untrue. ". that's untrue." i got an e-mail on october 7. said i've been self-employed for 1 years and have never been without health iven assurance. three years ago i was diagnosed with multiple scle loss sis. having a preexisting condition was not a problem for me as i had never let my insurance lafments my medication cost would be $4,000 per month without insurance. i received notice they were going to cancel my plan and i had to sign up for new coverage through the health insurance exchange. if my coverage is not in place before january 1 i will have to go without my medications. this will cause permanent disabilities, blindness and problems walking. any plan i find that would cover me channels me back to signing up through the exchange. i'm a small business owner and a productive member of society. i own my own house. now 50eu78 in trouble. we call this woman and we discuss this. it turned out there were two options available to her through the exchange. one opt
president obama said if we like our insurance, we would be able to keep it. that was obviously untrue. ". that's untrue." i got an e-mail on october 7. said i've been self-employed for 1 years and have never been without health iven assurance. three years ago i was diagnosed with multiple scle loss sis. having a preexisting condition was not a problem for me as i had never let my insurance lafments my medication cost would be $4,000 per month without insurance. i received notice they...
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under president obama, oil production is up. we now have more rigs operating, as i said, than the rest of the world combined. domestic natural gas extraction has also grown to an all-time record. energy companies already hold more than 20 million acres of public land onshore on which they have yet to produce oil or gas. leased public lands onshore. the gentleman from new jersey, mr. holt, was speaking of that. ese bills distract and delay this body's critical attention to the issues of critical concern to all americans, and yes, indeed, to the rest of the world that wants and needs to see a responsible, fiscally secure america. no budget, no budget conference, no farm bill, no immigration bill, no enda bill, all which passed the senate in a bipartisan fashion. they're worthy of debate. that doesn't mean either side has to agree, but that's what we ought to be debating, ladies and gentlemen of this house, because they are the critical issues confronting us before the end of this year and yet we waste our time, and frankly, we let
under president obama, oil production is up. we now have more rigs operating, as i said, than the rest of the world combined. domestic natural gas extraction has also grown to an all-time record. energy companies already hold more than 20 million acres of public land onshore on which they have yet to produce oil or gas. leased public lands onshore. the gentleman from new jersey, mr. holt, was speaking of that. ese bills distract and delay this body's critical attention to the issues of critical...
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americans that if prime minister netanyahu's efforts at the united states congress prevent president obama from continuing with the negotiations, the uk, germany, france and the eu will have to detach themselves from america and reach their own conclusions, along with other members of the p5? >> i am grateful for the right honorable gentleman's remarks and i agree very much about the importance of maintaining momentum. it was possible to see that even over the past two weeks. the 10-day gap between the negotiations that took place two weeks ago and those this weekend brought forth a great deal of criticism in iran, in the us congress and elsewhere in the world that could easily have fatally complicated the efforts to reach agreement. considering the months of work that need to go into the implementation of this agreement and into attaining a comprehensive and final agreement, it is vital to maintain the momentum all the way. the agreements that the united states has made can all be implemented by executive order. that does not mean that the debates in congress are over. what happens in the
americans that if prime minister netanyahu's efforts at the united states congress prevent president obama from continuing with the negotiations, the uk, germany, france and the eu will have to detach themselves from america and reach their own conclusions, along with other members of the p5? >> i am grateful for the right honorable gentleman's remarks and i agree very much about the importance of maintaining momentum. it was possible to see that even over the past two weeks. the 10-day...
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i like president obama. he was a friend in the senate, not a close friend that somebody with.t with -- dealt when he was elected president, like all americans, i thought it was a great statement. i wanted to try to be helpful. when he asked me if i would be willing to serve in his cabinet, i was caught up in the moment and was very appreciative. andy and i talked about it i should have realized this immediately but i didn't. policyosophy on fiscal was a long way from the president's philosophy. the number one job of a member of the cabinet is to be 100% with the president. it would have been very difficult for me to do that and maintain my values on fiscal policy. i should have recognized it earlier and i didn't. i have always regretted that. i will say this, he was extraordinarily gracious in the way he handled it. i have always appreciated that fact. emanuel was also gracious. he was the chief of staff at the time. i was very appreciative of that. how do you see the differences in the republican party play
i like president obama. he was a friend in the senate, not a close friend that somebody with.t with -- dealt when he was elected president, like all americans, i thought it was a great statement. i wanted to try to be helpful. when he asked me if i would be willing to serve in his cabinet, i was caught up in the moment and was very appreciative. andy and i talked about it i should have realized this immediately but i didn't. policyosophy on fiscal was a long way from the president's philosophy....
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circuit that president obama has put forward. republicans refuse to give them an up-or-down vote, a simple yes or no vote. republicans simply don't want president bush to make any appointments at all to this final court, none, zero. further, only 23 district court nominations have been filibustered in the entire history of our country, 23. you know what? 20 of them have been in the last four and a half years. 230-plus years, three, last four and a half years, 20. that's not fair. with one out of every ten federal judgeships vacant, millions of americans will rely on courts that are overworked and understaffed are being denied the justice they rightly deserve. mr. president, more than half of the nation's population lives in parts of the country that have been declared a judicial emergency. no one has worked harder than the presiding officer to move judges. the presiding officer is the chairman also of the judiciary committee. no one knows the problem more than the presiding officer. mr. president, the american people are fed up w
circuit that president obama has put forward. republicans refuse to give them an up-or-down vote, a simple yes or no vote. republicans simply don't want president bush to make any appointments at all to this final court, none, zero. further, only 23 district court nominations have been filibustered in the entire history of our country, 23. you know what? 20 of them have been in the last four and a half years. 230-plus years, three, last four and a half years, 20. that's not fair. with one out...
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said todayt obama that u.s. businesses are deeply committed to making sure that immigration reform gets done quickly. he met with leaders at the white house today including lockheed martin, state farm, and blackstone. >> it was a good spirit. --n we you think about it when you think about it, i have been there. was such a therapeutic medicine for the whole city. 2 -- that way was amazing. in addition to talking about the red sox, we are here to talk about embracing reform. group ofn outstanding leaders, a wide cross-section of industry, manufacturers, the .ervice sector, food, high-tech they represent just a small cross-section of businesses across the country that are deeply committed to making sure that we get comprehensive immigration reform done and done quickly. last week we had 600 business and state leaders who came to emphasize that this is something that is not only the right thing to do but also critical to our economy. we know that the senate bipartisan bill that passed would grow the economy by 1.4 t
said todayt obama that u.s. businesses are deeply committed to making sure that immigration reform gets done quickly. he met with leaders at the white house today including lockheed martin, state farm, and blackstone. >> it was a good spirit. --n we you think about it when you think about it, i have been there. was such a therapeutic medicine for the whole city. 2 -- that way was amazing. in addition to talking about the red sox, we are here to talk about embracing reform. group ofn...
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and obama care. the new cbs news survey finds 37% of the country approves of the president's job, the worst approval numbers ever recorded by cbs for this president. his health care law is doing worse. 31%. about three in ten americans approve of the health care law. down 12 points since last month's botched rollowe. again, the worst numbers on record. now it's poisoning the president's relationship with congressional democrats. the d.c. website "the hill" saying in a white house meeting chiefs of staff getting together on capitol hill, they were, quote, seething with anger over obama care. one unnamed democratic chief of staff is quoted as saying, quote, this either gets fixed or this could be the demise of the democratic party. joining me now, a former special counsel to president clinton and a fox news contributor, lanny davis. this is bad if you read this article. it was a meeting of the house chiefs of staff. they say the president's relationship with congressional democrats has worsened to an u
and obama care. the new cbs news survey finds 37% of the country approves of the president's job, the worst approval numbers ever recorded by cbs for this president. his health care law is doing worse. 31%. about three in ten americans approve of the health care law. down 12 points since last month's botched rollowe. again, the worst numbers on record. now it's poisoning the president's relationship with congressional democrats. the d.c. website "the hill" saying in a white house...
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. >> thank you, president obama, [no audio] >> thank you, president obama, and president clinton. i so appreciate your coming to honor and celebrate tom's his life. thank you, norman dicks, and jim mcdermott. let me acknowledge congressman lewis and former congressman and republican leader bob michael, who both have always been great friends to tom and me. of course, i think senator harry reid and senator mitch mcconnell. for traveling a long way from the senate to the house. [laughter] to remember my husband. also, i want to thank the celestial on joy from japan. anderson, plus, the diplomatic delegations, for coming. ioa special debt of gratitude to speaker banner for making this memorial service possible. without his caring and competent staff, this event would not have happened. when my husband was speaker, we had about one person who handled this kind of work. the speaker has been most gracious and helpful and i applaud him for that. i want to say a few words about my husband. as you probably know, i work for him for years as an unpaid staffer. i did not plan to do in this wh
. >> thank you, president obama, [no audio] >> thank you, president obama, and president clinton. i so appreciate your coming to honor and celebrate tom's his life. thank you, norman dicks, and jim mcdermott. let me acknowledge congressman lewis and former congressman and republican leader bob michael, who both have always been great friends to tom and me. of course, i think senator harry reid and senator mitch mcconnell. for traveling a long way from the senate to the house....
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obama is trying. but when you stick your foot in your mouth and do things, you have to come out until the truth. he has done that. but it doesn't seem like he is honest about it. -- does? when he gets up on tv and tells her but it is in that very it he does not look like he is sincere about to new jersey or. that is why, this morning. host: good morning denise caller: caller:. killedthere were people and murdered. americans in the benghazi attack. no one has ever come to question about that. if we had pushed as hard and getting information about fast andand the furious, we would have answers right now. but now, we push hard on this health care debacle, but there are still unanswered questions. people were killed, americans are murdered and we do not have that.swers about and getting really angry with these people who keep standing up and saying he's a great president because he's black heard there were many people who ran for president who are black who are more qualified. alan keyes ran against georg
obama is trying. but when you stick your foot in your mouth and do things, you have to come out until the truth. he has done that. but it doesn't seem like he is honest about it. -- does? when he gets up on tv and tells her but it is in that very it he does not look like he is sincere about to new jersey or. that is why, this morning. host: good morning denise caller: caller:. killedthere were people and murdered. americans in the benghazi attack. no one has ever come to question about that. if...
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obama agenda. i think by then, bob, many people in the country will want to make sure that the last two years of the obama administration are checked and balanced. i think they'll worry about expansion of government with no political skin to be lost for pothba ma not on the ballot again. enge they'll want a check and balance on their dels up in 2014, just practically speaking, than republicans. there are always a couple of sur prideses, there are always a couple of races that go one way or the other that nebraska was expecting. >> ryan, what do you think? >> six years ago, the democrats had an unusually good year because of the huge obama victory in 2008. so 2014, six years later, we should be seing a lot of democrats who are vulnerable and overexposed. this is the opportunity for republicans to take back the senate. and as we sit here today, it looks like a lot of things have to go their way to take it back and i -- you know, enge it will depend on the usual factors. the -- can this tea partiest t
obama agenda. i think by then, bob, many people in the country will want to make sure that the last two years of the obama administration are checked and balanced. i think they'll worry about expansion of government with no political skin to be lost for pothba ma not on the ballot again. enge they'll want a check and balance on their dels up in 2014, just practically speaking, than republicans. there are always a couple of sur prideses, there are always a couple of races that go one way or the...
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circuit that aren't needed, republicans had stopped a grand total of two of president obama's judicial nominees. not ten, as the democrats had by president bush's fifth term in office, not 34 as one of my colleagues tried to suggest earlier this week. no, two have been stopped. and if you include the nominees for the d.c. circuit, we've stopped a grand total of five. again, not ten as the democrats had done in 2005, not 34 as one of my colleagues tried to argue earlier this week, but five. during the same time, we've confirmed 209 lower court article 3 judges, that's a record of 209 judges approved, to five that were not approved. so this threat isn't based on any crisis. there is no crisis. i'd note that today's "wall street journal" editorial entitled "d.c. circuit breakers" -- quote --"the white house wants to pack a court whose judges are underworked" -- end of quote, lays out a caseload pretty clearly, and i'd ask that this editorial be made a part of the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. grassley: so this is about a naked power grab and nothing more than a pow
circuit that aren't needed, republicans had stopped a grand total of two of president obama's judicial nominees. not ten, as the democrats had by president bush's fifth term in office, not 34 as one of my colleagues tried to suggest earlier this week. no, two have been stopped. and if you include the nominees for the d.c. circuit, we've stopped a grand total of five. again, not ten as the democrats had done in 2005, not 34 as one of my colleagues tried to argue earlier this week, but five....
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bush, we needed barack obama. [applause] no president -- no president since fdr, no president since fdr inherited a worse economy, bigger job losses, as large a deficit as president obama did. but thanks to his leadership and to each of you, america is now moving forward again. but let's look at the alternative here we see on the other side of the aisle. the current crop of tea party republicans, funded by wealthy economic royalists, people who have a very small view of america. we've seen this story before, right? who recalls supply-side economics? reagan called it trickle-down economics. george w. bush called it "focusing on my base." [laughter] and we call it selling america short. [applause] i don't know about you, but i have had enough of tea party republicans like ted cruz. haven't you? [applause] those guys are too much. twisting the words of our founders to justify their own mean-spirited, shortsighted, pro-shutdown ideology. what senator cruz does not understand is that the patriots who founded new hampsh
bush, we needed barack obama. [applause] no president -- no president since fdr, no president since fdr inherited a worse economy, bigger job losses, as large a deficit as president obama did. but thanks to his leadership and to each of you, america is now moving forward again. but let's look at the alternative here we see on the other side of the aisle. the current crop of tea party republicans, funded by wealthy economic royalists, people who have a very small view of america. we've seen this...
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probably the most often repeated promise that barack obama made in his five years as president. and yet the president's finally acknowledging that promise will not be kept to millions of americans who are losing the good plans they like. they kept saying they didn't know this was going to happen, by the way, mr. speaker, because back in 2010 the administration had a report that said over 60% of private plans would be canceled under the president's health care law. i have seen it myself in my district. i've got chris from covington, aaron from sly deltha have gotten letters saying they are going to lose the plans they have because the president's health care law. the president's answer was it was a lousy plan. mr. speaker, it was not a lousy plan for chris or aaron or the millions of americans that are losing their plans. they liked their plan. some washington politician shouldn't be able to say, i don't think it's good enough so i'm going to take it from you, even though it's right for your family. let's put patients and doctors back in charge of these decisions. let's empower h
probably the most often repeated promise that barack obama made in his five years as president. and yet the president's finally acknowledging that promise will not be kept to millions of americans who are losing the good plans they like. they kept saying they didn't know this was going to happen, by the way, mr. speaker, because back in 2010 the administration had a report that said over 60% of private plans would be canceled under the president's health care law. i have seen it myself in my...
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live coverage with president obama. until then, ways to bridge the military-civilian divide from today's "washington journal." host: on this veterans day we will take a look at the reasons and ways the u.s. civilians and military starting to drift apart. it is a topic often referred to as the civilian-military divide. joining us now to discuss this issue is michael noonan, a veteran of operation iraqi freedom and direct your of the program of national security at the foreign policy research institute. what are some of the ways the civilian-military divide sort of manifest itself in the ways that people can see what we're talking about here? guest: i mean, first of all, we have to nuke there is always going to be some form of civil- military divide. one people join the military, -- when people join the military, they are in cultivated into the way the military does things out of necessity. to be able to react to orders and do things most normal people probably would not do. like the marine corp. commercial, moved to the
live coverage with president obama. until then, ways to bridge the military-civilian divide from today's "washington journal." host: on this veterans day we will take a look at the reasons and ways the u.s. civilians and military starting to drift apart. it is a topic often referred to as the civilian-military divide. joining us now to discuss this issue is michael noonan, a veteran of operation iraqi freedom and direct your of the program of national security at the foreign policy...
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bush and barack obama i'm joined by my guest austin peterson in washington he's the c.e.o. of stone gate an editor of the libertarian republic dot com also in washington we have daniel for achi he is the director of grassroots political consulting and in phoenix we cross to kimberly i'm a day old she is the president of world money watch and author of beyond the great recession our cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want kimberly you got up early as for this program and i like to go to the person i got up earlier so kimberly simple question is obama serving george bush's fourth term. not in any way shape or form. the most important difference between george bush and barack obama is and you're going to laugh at this but it's really true bush increased the debt six trillion obama increased to five trillion and the reason that it's worse under bush than it was under obama is because bush had he had a small recession in the beginning of his term but in his second term the economy was booming and that's when you want to cut that that you want to ha
bush and barack obama i'm joined by my guest austin peterson in washington he's the c.e.o. of stone gate an editor of the libertarian republic dot com also in washington we have daniel for achi he is the director of grassroots political consulting and in phoenix we cross to kimberly i'm a day old she is the president of world money watch and author of beyond the great recession our cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want kimberly you got up early as for this...
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and george bush in the same light whatsoever i think obama is way we. bush and i am not a big fan of george w. bush ok and you could probably be co-hosting this program i guess i don't need to sing very much stephanie can you reflect upon what we have heard from. there is no compare and contrast between either president whatsoever besides having a spending problem this president currently has spent and the debt and deficits out of control more than all presidents combined however george w. bush did spend too much but his governing style foreign policy taking a set of crisis and leadership style are night and day over what president obama's are. high hopes for a historic deal with iran over the country's nuclear push top diplomats gather in geneva to remove the last remaining hurdles in the free document we go live to geneva shortly. march. in a bid to make people forget the fascist activists take to the streets of germany against the growing popularity of nazi views in the country. against jumping into bed with the e.u. and closes up to russia instead b
and george bush in the same light whatsoever i think obama is way we. bush and i am not a big fan of george w. bush ok and you could probably be co-hosting this program i guess i don't need to sing very much stephanie can you reflect upon what we have heard from. there is no compare and contrast between either president whatsoever besides having a spending problem this president currently has spent and the debt and deficits out of control more than all presidents combined however george w. bush...
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of barack obama and george bush in the same light whatsoever i think obama is way worse than bush and i am not a big fan of george w. bush there is no compare and contrast between either president whatsoever besides having a spending problem politico just ran a poll showing forty six percent approval for president bush while you have thirty seven percent for president obama it's quite an irony at this point. that's cross talk a little later on now the unrest in ukraine is into its second days riot police to gas demonstrators who are responding with violence the protests are over the government suspending an association deal with the european union let's you know share the skis in the ukrainian capital for are today. still remains in protest mode and we see scuffles between the protesters and police now and then at times they're using tear gas against each other in fact this morning we saw something like dynamite between the protests and the police in front of the government building and again a gas was used against both the protest and police use it against each other clearly these pe
of barack obama and george bush in the same light whatsoever i think obama is way worse than bush and i am not a big fan of george w. bush there is no compare and contrast between either president whatsoever besides having a spending problem politico just ran a poll showing forty six percent approval for president bush while you have thirty seven percent for president obama it's quite an irony at this point. that's cross talk a little later on now the unrest in ukraine is into its second days...
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president obama said the majority of american sanctions against iran will stay in place or he's going to check out as more from washington d.c. president obama pledged to put a modest relief of sanctions in return for iran scaling back its nuclear program not the relief will include freeing up a small portion of iran's overseas accounts as well as easing some other trade restrictions here's actually what the president said on our side the united states and our friends and allies have agreed to provide iran with modest relief while continuing to apply our toughest sanctions we will refrain from imposing new sanctions and we will allow the iranian government excess to a portion of the revenue that they have been denied through sanctions. but the broader architecture of sanctions will remain in place and we will continue to enforce them vigorously and if iran does not fully meet its commitments during the six month phase we will turn off the relief and ratchet up the pressure while again this president obama said the u.s. would refrain from imposing new sanctions because it would undermi
president obama said the majority of american sanctions against iran will stay in place or he's going to check out as more from washington d.c. president obama pledged to put a modest relief of sanctions in return for iran scaling back its nuclear program not the relief will include freeing up a small portion of iran's overseas accounts as well as easing some other trade restrictions here's actually what the president said on our side the united states and our friends and allies have agreed to...
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on november 30 the obama administration set a deadline for fixing healthcare.gov. come january 1, 2014, coverage begins. some of the other options in play right now are march 31, enrollment deadline for 2014 coverage. again, with that in mind, these delays, and affordable care act overall, here's jerry from columbus, ohio on our independent line. caller: still above ground in my 85th year. a veteran. i'd like to know why the devil does not anybody ever bring out that the only other industrialized country that does not have national healthcare is south africa and they are just 15 years out of apartheid. eddie roosevelt over 100 years ago wanted national healthcare and harry truman in january tony 4, 1949, in the state of the union message said we need to look because of the rising prices of description drugs and medical care, we need to look at national healthcare. this country has let the american medical association and the national association of manufacturers and the chamber of commerce which is supposed to be call the tunes and they're still trying to call the
on november 30 the obama administration set a deadline for fixing healthcare.gov. come january 1, 2014, coverage begins. some of the other options in play right now are march 31, enrollment deadline for 2014 coverage. again, with that in mind, these delays, and affordable care act overall, here's jerry from columbus, ohio on our independent line. caller: still above ground in my 85th year. a veteran. i'd like to know why the devil does not anybody ever bring out that the only other...
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i am for obama care. comprehensive immigration. care -- host: how does the conversation voyeur house? itler: we will be discussing . we will be discussing the positives and the negatives. are they afraid of? becoming the minority? faith and fear do not live in the same house. they call themselves christians. what did jesus talk about? he had compassion. thank you. everyone have a happy thanksgiving. lynn, independent line. hi. i am listening and i am astonished. the topic is about politics and whether we should discuss it at our dinner table. i am listening and these people are coming -- i am not even following the discussion. at our dinner table, we have always stopped -- i am in my -- we stopped, we bow our heads, and we say thank you. each person says what we are thankful for. the entire dinner table, 30 some odd people and you have democrats, independents, black, white, purple, pink, and everyone is different. this is not a day for differences. this is for a day where we are similar. ago, whenf years retailers decided they're g
i am for obama care. comprehensive immigration. care -- host: how does the conversation voyeur house? itler: we will be discussing . we will be discussing the positives and the negatives. are they afraid of? becoming the minority? faith and fear do not live in the same house. they call themselves christians. what did jesus talk about? he had compassion. thank you. everyone have a happy thanksgiving. lynn, independent line. hi. i am listening and i am astonished. the topic is about politics and...
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and george bush in the same light whatsoever i think obama is way worse than bush and i am not a big fan of george w. bush ok and you could probably be co-hosting this program i guess i don't need to say very much definitely give you reflect upon what we've heard from good ruby and from austin that there is no compare and contrast between either president whatsoever besides having a spending problem this president currently has spent and the debt and deficits out of control more than all presidents combined however george w. bush did spend too much but his governing style foreign policy prowess taking a set of crisis and leadership style are night and day over what president obama's are. if you're thinking about an alcoholic drink associated with russia it's probably not going to be one that springs into your head but they've been making it here on the black sea coast for more than two thousand years and there's an industry which really can compete with the best the rest of the world has to offer i've come to meet some of the people growing the greats and to see if i can find out the
and george bush in the same light whatsoever i think obama is way worse than bush and i am not a big fan of george w. bush ok and you could probably be co-hosting this program i guess i don't need to say very much definitely give you reflect upon what we've heard from good ruby and from austin that there is no compare and contrast between either president whatsoever besides having a spending problem this president currently has spent and the debt and deficits out of control more than all...
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bush in the same light whatsoever i think obama is way worse than bush and i am not a big fan of george w. bush ok and you could probably be co-hosting this program i guess i don't need to say very much stephanie will give you reflective on what we have heard from good will be and from august america there is no compare and contrast between either president whatsoever besides having a spending problem this president currently has spends and pulling the debt and deficits out of control more than all presidents combined however george w. bush. did spend too much but his governing style foreign policy prowess taking a set of crisis and leadership style or night and day over what president obama's are. wealthy british style. guys. markets. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cons are no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report on our. secret laboratory tim curry was able to build a most sophisticated robot which fortunately doesn't give a darn about anything tim's mission to teach music creation why it should care abou
bush in the same light whatsoever i think obama is way worse than bush and i am not a big fan of george w. bush ok and you could probably be co-hosting this program i guess i don't need to say very much stephanie will give you reflective on what we have heard from good will be and from august america there is no compare and contrast between either president whatsoever besides having a spending problem this president currently has spends and pulling the debt and deficits out of control more than...